2014-12-28

NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 18

The Division I-A (FCS) title game isn't until January 10, so the only games played this week were 13 bowl games involving 26 FBS teams. Marshall beat Northern Illinois to climb to #5 from #7, but my top 4 remained the same as they were at the close of the regular season. This is the second week I've mentioned Northern Illinois; last week I pointed out they were at the moment ahead of Ole Miss. Now they're behind them again, as Ole Miss and Arizona State are actually now tied at #15. Navy and Western Kentucky are also tied, up to #41 from #55-56 last week due to their bowl wins. There were many teams that moved at least a few spots due to strength of schedule changes, but the lowest team affected this week is new #120 UNLV, who swapped spots with now #119 Massachusetts.